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The Asian PostTue, 19 May 2020 19:51:50 +0000en-GBhourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.14Helicopter crashes on roof of New York City high risehttp://theasianpost.co.uk/helicopter-crashes-on-roof-of-new-york-city-high-rise/
http://theasianpost.co.uk/helicopter-crashes-on-roof-of-new-york-city-high-rise/#respondWed, 12 Jun 2019 06:54:02 +0000http://theasianpost.co.uk/?p=49742NEW YORK: The New York City Fire Department said firefighters were on the scene of the crash landing in midtown Manhattan, which took place in rainy weather. The department said on Twitter one fatality had been reported. Dozens of emergency vehicles swarmed the area around Seventh Avenue between 51st and 52nd streets, a few blocks ...

]]>http://theasianpost.co.uk/helicopter-crashes-on-roof-of-new-york-city-high-rise/feed/0Driverless hover-taxis to take off in Singaporehttp://theasianpost.co.uk/driverless-hover-taxis-to-take-off-in-singapore/
http://theasianpost.co.uk/driverless-hover-taxis-to-take-off-in-singapore/#respondThu, 25 Oct 2018 11:04:53 +0000http://theasianpost.co.uk/?p=38961SINGAPORE: Test flights of a driverless hover-taxi will take place in Singapore next year, a German aviation firm said, the latest innovation to offer an escape from Asia’s monster traffic jams. Millions of commuters in the region’s cities have to contend with chronic gridlock every day, sparking a race to develop new ways to avoid ...

SINGAPORE: Test flights of a driverless hover-taxi will take place in Singapore next year, a German aviation firm said, the latest innovation to offer an escape from Asia’s monster traffic jams.

Millions of commuters in the region’s cities have to contend with chronic gridlock every day, sparking a race to develop new ways to avoid the snarl-ups. While the developed city-state of Singapore does not suffer major congestion, it is seen as a perfect test-bed for new technologies due to its compact size and openness to innovation. German firm Volocopter said Tuesday it will conduct the test flights in Singapore in the second half of next year with the support of the government.

Resembling a helicopter, Volocopter’s electric air taxis take off and land vertically. They are based on drone technology and can fly two people for around 30 kilometres (19 miles), the firm said in a statement. The Singapore tests follow a public demonstration in Dubai last year. “The Volocopter is designed specifically for inner city missions,” Volocopter said in a statement, adding it can withstand minor turbulence around skyscrapers, allowing for smooth rides. “It is so quiet that at a flight height of 100 metres (330 feet), it cannot be heard over the typical background noise of a city.”

A company spokeswoman said the Volocopter can be controlled by a pilot using a joystick, or remotely from the ground.

Apart from the test flights, Volocopter will also set up a product design and engineering centre in Singapore to support its expansion plans.

Volocopter said they are getting ready to roll out their first fixed routes in cities.

The hover-taxis will complement helicopter-hailing services which are already taking off in some cities to beat traffic jams.

]]>http://theasianpost.co.uk/driverless-hover-taxis-to-take-off-in-singapore/feed/0Notorious thief flees French jail by helicopterhttp://theasianpost.co.uk/notorious-thief-flees-french-jail-by-helicopter/
http://theasianpost.co.uk/notorious-thief-flees-french-jail-by-helicopter/#respondMon, 02 Jul 2018 06:59:14 +0000http://theasianpost.co.uk/?p=33672PARIS: A notorious career thief who was once France’s most-wanted man pulled off a daring jailbreak on Sunday, fleeing a prison in the Paris area by helicopter, officials said. Redoine Faid, 46, broke out of the prison in Reau in the city’s southeastern suburbs within minutes, helped by a number of heavily-armed men, sources close ...

PARIS: A notorious career thief who was once France’s most-wanted man pulled off a daring jailbreak on Sunday, fleeing a prison in the Paris area by helicopter, officials said.

Redoine Faid, 46, broke out of the prison in Reau in the city’s southeastern suburbs within minutes, helped by a number of heavily-armed men, sources close to the case said.

The escape came after an appeals court sentenced him to 25 years for masterminding a May 2010 botched armed robbery, in which a policewoman was killed.

Faid fled on Sunday with three accomplices, according to the sources.

The helicopter was later found in a northeastern suburb of the French capital, they said, adding that a police search has been launched across the entire Paris region.

It is the second time Faid has pulled off a spectacular jailbreak – in 2013, he blasted his way out of a prison in northern France using dynamite.

He had been in prison since mid-2011 for breaking the terms of his parole over past convictions for bank robberies and brazen heists of cash-in-transit vehicles. Armed with a pistol, he briefly took four guards hostage before escaping in a waiting getaway car. All the hostages were released unharmed.

Faid was eventually recaptured six weeks later at a hotel in an industrial area on the outskirts of Paris.

A woman working at the hotel told AFP at the time that Faid’s accomplice had paid for the room in cash and that the two men had been there for several days. Prior to the 2013 escape, Faid had been released from a previous stint of a decade behind bars after convincing parole officials that he regretted his criminal past and was determined to start afresh. Faid, who grew up in tough immigrant suburbs outside Paris, has made several television appearances and co-authored two books about his delinquent youth and rise as a criminal in the Paris suburbs.

He said his life of crime was inspired by American films such as “Scarface” and “Heat”. -AFP

]]>http://theasianpost.co.uk/notorious-thief-flees-french-jail-by-helicopter/feed/0Helicopter carrying Kuwait army chief crasheshttp://theasianpost.co.uk/helicopter-carrying-kuwait-army-chief-crashes/
http://theasianpost.co.uk/helicopter-carrying-kuwait-army-chief-crashes/#respondWed, 03 Jan 2018 16:43:18 +0000http://theasianpost.co.uk/?p=26191KUWAIT CITY: A helicopter carrying a Kuwaiti military delegation including its army chief crashed in Bangladesh on Wednesday. The Kuwaiti Defense Ministry announced Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Mohammed al-Khuder and all other members of the delegation were safe. “The helicopter suffered an accident while landing in the Silit area, where the heavy fog obscured ...

KUWAIT CITY: A helicopter carrying a Kuwaiti military delegation including its army chief crashed in Bangladesh on Wednesday.

The Kuwaiti Defense Ministry announced Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Mohammed al-Khuder and all other members of the delegation
were safe.

“The helicopter suffered an accident while landing in the Silit area, where the heavy fog obscured the pilot’s vision, causing the copter to make contact with trees prior to landing on the designated site,” said a statement from the Defense Ministry.

Only minimal damage and moderate injuries were reported, it added.

A photo posted on Twitter by the Kuwaiti army showed the tail of the helicopter had separated from its body.

]]>http://theasianpost.co.uk/helicopter-carrying-kuwait-army-chief-crashes/feed/0Indian Army chopper crashes in Kashmirhttp://theasianpost.co.uk/indian-army-chopper-crashes-in-kashmir/
http://theasianpost.co.uk/indian-army-chopper-crashes-in-kashmir/#respondFri, 08 Sep 2017 11:46:41 +0000http://theasianpost.co.uk/?p=18340NEW DELHI: Indian Army’s helicopter on a routine flight today ( Tuesday) crashed in eastern Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, all crew ejected safely. An advanced light helicopter (AHL) crashed at 1:30pm while on a flight to the mountainous region, Indian defence news said. All crew members are safe, the army officer told Indian ...

]]>http://theasianpost.co.uk/indian-army-chopper-crashes-in-kashmir/feed/0Helicopter carrying wedding party mistakenly lands in prison in Bangladeshhttp://theasianpost.co.uk/helicopter-carrying-wedding-party-mistakenly-lands-in-prison-in-bangladesh/
http://theasianpost.co.uk/helicopter-carrying-wedding-party-mistakenly-lands-in-prison-in-bangladesh/#respondFri, 11 Aug 2017 06:10:04 +0000http://theasianpost.co.uk/?p=16474DHAKA: A private helicopter carrying a wedding party landed by mistake inside a high security prison on Thursday, sparking massive security concerns amid reports that terrorists were planning an attack on the jail to free the militant inmates. According to the officials the guards at Kashimpur Central Jail detained the five passengers, all members of ...

DHAKA: A private helicopter carrying a wedding party landed by mistake inside a high security prison on Thursday, sparking massive security concerns amid reports that terrorists were planning an attack on the jail to free the militant inmates.

According to the officials the guards at Kashimpur Central Jail detained the five passengers, all members of an expatriate Bangladeshi family, for a brief period but the pilot, reportedly a retired air force officer, flew away with the plane after sensing his mistake.

“This happened by mistake but the incident made us concerned as there are intelligence reports that terrorists could launch attacks to free militant inmates from this jail,” said Inspector General of prisons Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin.

He said the armed jail guards immediately cordoned off the helicopter as it landed on the prison ground and briefly detained the passengers but the plane flew away immediately.

The prison chief said the helicopter service management apologised for the mistake and the passengers were freed after brief interrogation and allowed to join the wedding reception at a nearby village.

According to media reports, a Bangladeshi living in Malaysia chartered the helicopter to join the relative’s marriage ceremony along with his wife and children.